Community College Link

In Morning Call Staff Writer Bob Wittman's fine article on the growth of community colleges (July 22), reference is made to "relationships that community colleges enjoy with nearby four-year schools."

Kutztown University has signed numerous "articulation agreements" with community colleges throughout eastern Pennsylvania, including Northampton County Area and Lehigh County community colleges. In the article the articulation agreement between NCACC and Kutztown University was inadvertently omitted.

These agreements enable the students entering a community college to sign an agreement whereby they would automatically be accepted as juniors at Kutztown University upon successful completion of appropriate courses in the two-year program at a community college. The agreement also would expedite the transfer of credits between the two institutions.

Mr. Wittman is to be commended for the in-depth reporting on the development of community colleges.